The Resource The witches are coming, Lindy West
The witches are coming, Lindy West
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- Summary
- "This is a witch hunt. We're witches, and we're hunting you. From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In The Witches Are Coming, firebrand author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and now critically acclaimed Hulu TV series Shrill, Lindy West, turns that refrain on its head. You think this is a witch hunt? Fine. You've got one. In a laugh-out-loud, incisive cultural critique, West extolls the world-changing magic of truth, urging readers to reckon with dark lies in the heart of the American mythos, and unpacking the complicated, and sometimes tragic, politics of not being a white man in the 21st century. She tracks the misogyny and propaganda hidden (or not so hidden) in the media she and her peers devoured growing up, a buffet of distortions, delusions, prejudice, and outright bullsh*t that has allowed white male mediocrity to maintain a death grip on American culture and politics -- and that delivered us to this precarious, disorienting moment in history. West writes, "We were just a hair's breadth from electing America's first female president to succeed America's first black president. We weren't done, but we were doing it. And then, true to form -- like the Balrog's whip catching Gandalf by his little gray bootie, like the husband in a Lifetime movie hissing, 'If I can't have you, no one can' -- white American voters shoved an incompetent, racist con-man into the White House." We cannot understand how we got here -- how the land of the free became Trump's America -- without examining the chasm between who we are and who we think we are, without fact-checking the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and each other. The truth can transform us; there is witchcraft in it. Lindy West turns on the light."--provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Note
- "Portions of this book were previously published in different form in the New York Times, the Guardian, and Jezebel."--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- Introduction: they let you do it
- Choosing the lie
- Is Adam Sandler funny?
- Ted Bundy was not charming: are you high?
- How to be a girl
- Always meet your heroes
- Do, make, be, barf
- A giant douche is a good thing if you're a giant
- Gear strap
- Joan
- Obsolescence is a preventable disease
- What is an abortion, anyway?
- Leave hell to the devils
- Anger is a weapon
- Magic isn't magic
- The world is good and worth fighting for
- Long live the Port Chester whooping cranes
- Tomorrow is the first day
- Acknowledgments
- Isbn
- 9780316534918
- Label
- The witches are coming
- Title
- The witches are coming
- Statement of responsibility
- Lindy West
- Subject
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- trueWomen in popular culture
- trueWomen in films
- trueWomen in mass media
- trueAmerican essays -- 21st century
- trueEssays
- trueFeminism
- trueFeminist theory
- Male domination (Social structure) -- United States
- trueMisogyny
- truePopular culture -- United States
- trueSexism
- trueUnited States -- Social conditions
- trueWomen -- Public opinion
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This is a witch hunt. We're witches, and we're hunting you. From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In The Witches Are Coming, firebrand author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and now critically acclaimed Hulu TV series Shrill, Lindy West, turns that refrain on its head. You think this is a witch hunt? Fine. You've got one. In a laugh-out-loud, incisive cultural critique, West extolls the world-changing magic of truth, urging readers to reckon with dark lies in the heart of the American mythos, and unpacking the complicated, and sometimes tragic, politics of not being a white man in the 21st century. She tracks the misogyny and propaganda hidden (or not so hidden) in the media she and her peers devoured growing up, a buffet of distortions, delusions, prejudice, and outright bullsh*t that has allowed white male mediocrity to maintain a death grip on American culture and politics -- and that delivered us to this precarious, disorienting moment in history. West writes, "We were just a hair's breadth from electing America's first female president to succeed America's first black president. We weren't done, but we were doing it. And then, true to form -- like the Balrog's whip catching Gandalf by his little gray bootie, like the husband in a Lifetime movie hissing, 'If I can't have you, no one can' -- white American voters shoved an incompetent, racist con-man into the White House." We cannot understand how we got here -- how the land of the free became Trump's America -- without examining the chasm between who we are and who we think we are, without fact-checking the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and each other. The truth can transform us; there is witchcraft in it. Lindy West turns on the light."--provided by publisher
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2019.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10802956
- Cataloging source
- CNWPU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- West, Lindy
- Dewey number
-
- 305.31
- 306.0973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HQ1090.3
- LC item number
- .W47 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Male domination (Social structure)
- Feminism
- Popular culture
- Feminist theory
- American essays
- Essays
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The witches are coming, Lindy West
- Note
- "Portions of this book were previously published in different form in the New York Times, the Guardian, and Jezebel."--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: they let you do it -- Choosing the lie -- Is Adam Sandler funny? -- Ted Bundy was not charming: are you high? -- How to be a girl -- Always meet your heroes -- Do, make, be, barf -- A giant douche is a good thing if you're a giant -- Gear strap -- Joan -- Obsolescence is a preventable disease -- What is an abortion, anyway? -- Leave hell to the devils -- Anger is a weapon -- Magic isn't magic -- The world is good and worth fighting for -- Long live the Port Chester whooping cranes -- Tomorrow is the first day -- Acknowledgments
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316534918
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1044435323
- (OCoLC)on1044435323
- 639891
- Label
- The witches are coming, Lindy West
- Note
- "Portions of this book were previously published in different form in the New York Times, the Guardian, and Jezebel."--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: they let you do it -- Choosing the lie -- Is Adam Sandler funny? -- Ted Bundy was not charming: are you high? -- How to be a girl -- Always meet your heroes -- Do, make, be, barf -- A giant douche is a good thing if you're a giant -- Gear strap -- Joan -- Obsolescence is a preventable disease -- What is an abortion, anyway? -- Leave hell to the devils -- Anger is a weapon -- Magic isn't magic -- The world is good and worth fighting for -- Long live the Port Chester whooping cranes -- Tomorrow is the first day -- Acknowledgments
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316534918
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1044435323
- (OCoLC)on1044435323
- 639891
Subject
- trueWomen in popular culture
- trueWomen in films
- trueWomen in mass media
- trueAmerican essays -- 21st century
- trueEssays
- trueFeminism
- trueFeminist theory
- Male domination (Social structure) -- United States
- trueMisogyny
- truePopular culture -- United States
- trueSexism
- trueUnited States -- Social conditions
- trueWomen -- Public opinion
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